---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 U.S.C. § 171–1"
title: "50"
title_heading: "War and National Defense"
number: "171–1"
heading: "Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 53, 70A Stat. 641"
status: "repealed"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/50/171-1"
units:
  - "Chapter 11 — Acquisition of and Expenditures on Land for National-Defense Purposes"
---

# [§171–1. Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 53, 70A Stat. 641 — repealed]



## Notes

Section 171, acts Aug. 18, 1890, ch. 797, § 1, 26 Stat. 316; July 2, 1917, ch. 35, 40 Stat. 241; Apr. 11, 1918, ch. 51, 40 Stat. 518, authorized Secretary of War to institute condemnation proceedings for acquisition of land, to purchase land, and to accept donations of land. See section 2663 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

Section 171–1, act Oct. 25, 1951, ch. 563, § 101, 65 Stat. 641, granted certain condemnation authority to Secretary of Navy. See sections 2663 and 2668 of Title 10.